It’s a dilemma a lot of us face: How to cook delicious dishes for a fabulous feast without spending all of your time in the kitchen and away from your family.

So I turned to my friends in the blogosphere and to my tweeples on Twitter, who have tested dozens of easy but yummy Thanksgiving recipes. With this post, you’ll get recipes for a homestyle turkey, low-fat miso gravy, sage stuffing, slow-cooker sweet potatoes, rosemary garlic mashed potatoes, and ginger lime cranberry sauce–as well as some fun foodie blogs to bookmark.

2. Place turkey in a Dutch oven or roasting pan. Separate the skin over the breast to make little pockets. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter on both sides between the skin and the breast meat. This makes it juicy.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the water with the bouillon. Sprinkle in the parsley and minced onion. Pour over the top of the turkey. Sprinkle seasoning salt over the turkey.

4. Cover with foil, and bake in the preheated oven 3 1/2 to 4 hours, until the internal temperature of the turkey reaches 180 degrees F. For the last 45 minutes or so, remove foil so the turkey will brown nicely.

This recipes comes via the Squawkfox, “where frugal living is sexy, delicious, and fun.” The link above also directs you to other one-of-a-kind Thanksgiving recipes such as potatoless cauliflower mash and rolled turkey breast with artisan bread stuffing.

1. Place in the slow cooker. Add garlic, broth and rosemary. Stir. Cook on high until potatoes are tender, about three to four hours. Pour in milk and sour cream and mash. Serve immediately or adjust setting to low to keep warm until you are ready to serve.

This recipe, as well as the cranberry-sauce recipe below, is from the yummy Coconut & Lime, an award-winning food and wine blog that “features only 100% original recipes.” The blog is run by Rachel Rappaport, a food writer and recipe creator.

Place the cranberries, water, juice, sugar, ginger and zest in a medium saucepan and, stirring occasionally, cook for 20 minutes over medium high heat to reduce and thicken. Remove from heat and stir in the rum. Serve hot or cold.

These look like delicious recipes. Do people not put the stuffing inside the turkey to cook? (Don’t laugh at me – I’ve never cooked a turkey, not so popular here except maybe at Christmas in some households!)

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